1686 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian V[1]
- Grand Chancellor â Frederik Ahlefeldt, until his death on 7 July.
Events
Undated
- Store Bededag is introduced by the Church of Denmark, combining several Catholic holy days into a single holiday.
- Gabriel Milan is removed as Governor of the Danish West Indies and placed under arrest for treason.
Births
- 5 April â Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn, Secretary of War and Minister of the Navy (died 1740)
- 12 August â Bendix Grodtschilling the Youngest, painter and conchologist (died 1737)
Deaths
- 29 May â Ove Juul, nobleman and vice Governor-general of Norway (born 1615)
- 7 July â Frederik Ahlefeldt, statesman and Grand Chancellor (born 1623)
- 25 November â Nicolas Steno, 17th-century scientist and bishop (born 1638)